Matt Doyle
Board Member
Matt Doyle is currently Chairman of Texas First Bank, Texas First Insurance, and Texas Independent Bancshares.
An Eagle Scout, Doyle was raised in Texas City, Texas, graduating from Texas City High School. He graduated Texas Tech University in 1980 with a Bachelor=s Degree in Finance and began his now 45-year career in banking. Doyle was named one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans in 1994 and one of the Five Outstanding Young Texans in 1993.
Doyle had a career in public service for 28 years, serving as Mayor of the City of Texas for 16 years.
Doyle is a past Board Member of the Independent Bankers Association of Texas and a former member of the Leadership Division, serving as President in 1990. He is a past Board Member of the Independent Community Bankers of America; and Board Member of TIB Dallas. Doyle was elected and served two terms as a Member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Board of Directors, from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2007, and is a former Member of the Board of Directors of CBG Holdings, Inc.
Doyle currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Galveston County Central Appraisal District and as a Member of the Board of Directors for Galveston Bay Foundation.
One of his greatest achievements was marrying the former Debbie Faulkner of Abilene, Texas, also a Texas Tech graduate. The couple resides in Texas City and has two children, Sean Doyle (wife Megan Doyle) and Erin Belle (husband Justin Belle), one granddaughter, Emma Kate Doyle, and two grandsons, Kasen Thomas Doyle and Joseph Patrick Belle. Doyle enjoys ranching, hunting, and fishing in his free time.